James Bruckner, Professor of Old Testament, has served on the North Park Theological Seminary faculty since 1995. He teaches the core curriculum classes "Introduction to Old Testament" and "Hebrew Language" as well as elective courses on "Isaiah", "Biblical Perspectives on Health and Healing" and "Wilderness and Faith" (taught with Dr. Phil Anderson in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota).  Dr. Bruckner has earned degrees in Scripture (Ph.D., Luther Seminary, 1998), in Divinity (M.Div., Luther-Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1990), in Christian Spirituality (M.A.T.S., North Park Theological Seminary, 1983), and in History (B.A., North Park College, 1979).  He has served congregations in St. Cloud Minnesota (1988-89) and in Federal Way Washington (1990-93). He was ordained by the Evangelical Covenant Church in 1992. His dissertation, Implied Law in the Abraham Narrative, was published by Sheffield Academic Press in 2001. He has written two commentaries, Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah (NIVAC, Zondervan, 2004) and Exodus (NIBC, Hendrickson, 2008).

jbruckner@northpark.edu

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